"But reason has no power against feeling, and feeling older than history is no light matter."

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Source : Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1935). “The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: An Autobiography”, p.321, Univ of Wisconsin Press

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

#Light Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Matter Quotes

“Whatever you can conceive or imagine is but a fragment of yourself.”
“I love hitting the ball, controlling the ball. And yeah, even the roar of the crowd. I enjoy the roar of the crowd probably less than some players and more than some. But I'm not out here to be a celebrity.”
“How much easier my life would be if I did not love you! I thought. How much less painful, but how much plainer. How much less color there would be in the world.”

Source : Cameron Dokey, Mahlon F. Craft (2008). “Sunlight and Shadow: A Retelling of "The Magic Flute"”, p.97, Simon and Schuster
“Looking into another person's eyes for an extended period of time proved to be a powerful thing. And if you don't believe me, try it yourself.”
“I know the Chicago media will write a lot of bad things, but they'll write a lot of good things too. I can live with that. In Cleveland, all I got was negative press.”
“If you're not failing all the time, you're not creating a situation where you can get lucky.”
“People today read less, take fewer museum trips, and attend fewer concerts. Is that because these activities aren't as fun? The decline... can be traced, at least in part, to unconscious stimuli that make us live faster.”

Source : Frank Partnoy (2012). “Wait: The useful art of procrastination”, p.56, Profile Books
“The Earth is moving right now.”

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